Orthoceras

Summary

Orthoceras is a fossil taxon^[1]. Orthoceras ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (197 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Orthoceras's image is recorded as Orthoceras BW.jpg^[3].
• Orthoceras's image is recorded as Orthoceras, Erfoud, Marruecos, 2021-01-14, DD 001-040 FS.jpg^[4].
• Orthoceras's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[5].
• Orthoceras's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[6].
• Orthoceras's parent taxon is recorded as Orthoceratidae^[7].
• Orthoceras's taxon name is recorded as Orthoceras^[8].
• Orthoceras's Commons category is recorded as Orthoceras^[9].
• Orthoceras's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0463k4^[10].
• Orthoceras's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 12557^[11].
• Orthoceras's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1604829^[12].
• Orthoceras's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 1374987^[13].
• Orthoceras's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• Orthoceras's different from is recorded as Orthoceras^[15].
• Orthoceras's BOLD Systems taxon ID is recorded as 431603^[16].
• Orthoceras's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Orthoceras^[17].
• Orthoceras's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777747505^[18].
• Orthoceras's Catalogue of Life ID is recorded as 7PBD3^[19].

Why It Matters

Orthoceras ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (197 views/month).^[2] Orthoceras has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] Orthoceras is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]